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covid 19 travel insurance help

samp87
samp87 Posts: 8 Forumite
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edited 19 May 2025 at 4:53PM in Coronavirus Board
hi can some one please help, we have booked a holiday for lanzarote Christmas, i can get travel insurance to cover covid testing, positive testings etc but not if we go in a local lockdown. Our holiday is atol protected, but if we are able to fly and our local council  put our area on a local lockdown im not cover by anyone, id lose 6k..please help thanks

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  • silvercar
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    I've not heard of any type of lockdown in this country that prevents people going to the airport.
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  •  in a local lock down we cant meet in others houses or gardens, sandwell is in lockdown from tomorrow, so we can still travel abroad? 
  • samp87 said:
     in a local lock down we cant meet in others houses or gardens, sandwell is in lockdown from tomorrow, so we can still travel abroad? 
    Who is going to stop you going to the airport? Police arent throwing up roadblocks everywhere you know.
  • Wow ok i only asked shhesshh
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